Points From Letters
FOREIGN LITERATURE. Although regrettable, it is 'perhaps not surprising that in " the ten greatest living writers " competition the list is " entirely insular." On the whole,......
The Boys' Brigade Summer Camps
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The coming of summer turns thoughts to the fresh air of the countryside and the sea breezes of the coast. Many have already made......
Lighter Lyrics
Who Killed Brer Rabbit ? I no killed Brer Rabbit ? Why I ! " said Dame Fashion.. " Since furs are my passion, I killed Brer Rabbit." Who helped and abetted ? " We, we ! " cried......
Long-faced Timothy [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...
to Mr. Walter Tew's inquiry regarding the old rhyme about " Long-faced Timothy," I find in an old book of English Fairy Tales, collected by Joseph Jacobs, a story called "......